Solar powered cars - a review

Abstract

Abstract The world population is increasing and so is the demand for transportation. The commonest of the means of transportation has been the automobile. And while the automobile industry is growing proportionally with population increase, there are still many problems with managing the causes of the pollution by automobiles. Hence, to cater for the needs of the society and still protect our environment, researchers have been seeking alternative sources to power transportation with little or no harmful emission. Suggested forms of energy for automobiles would be ones that are sustainable over the years. There are various available options of solar-powered vehicles which produces electricity through photovoltaic cells without any form of harmful waste to the atmosphere. In developing solar cars in particular, some discovery has been made in the aspect of effectively capturing, converting, and storing the solar energy to make it competitive with the conventional fossil fuel drive vehicles. This review covers the advancement and gaps in existing literature in the modulus operand of solar cars.